#8B2239#8B2239

#8B2239 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.140 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2239
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 57)
HSL	hsl(347, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 59%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 45.17, 12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 46.90, 15.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.1362 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.14 13)
XYZ	xyz(11.9592, 6.9301, 4.5780)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2239 #228B74

analogous

#8B226E #8B2239 #8B4022

triadic

#8B2239 #398B22 #22398B

tetradic

#8B2239 #6E8B22 #228B74 #40228B

square

#8B2239 #6E8B22 #228B74 #40228B

split-complementary

#8B2239 #228B40 #226E8B

monochromatic

#290A11 #5A1625 #8B2239 #BC2E4D #D5536F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8B2239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B2239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2239

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2239	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98022C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.140 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3666f',
    500: '#8b2239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2239;
$custom-light: #b3666f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4285,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.06928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2239

secondary

#50B8A2

accent

#E4C144

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2239

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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